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It is joke - we had 'Chrome won' the other day. There is a hidden point being made which you would probably agree with.

• chii 9y ago
  i hate how HN now has titles that require knowing previous posts to understand. That's the domain of reddit.
  • xiaoma 9y ago
    I've seen this on HN, going back to at least 2007 or 2008.
    • _delirium 9y ago
      I especially remember that in the first few years of HN there was an expectation that everyone had read Paul Graham's essays and would recognize references to them.
    • smhost 9y ago
      It's almost as if communities have inside jokes or something.
  • vertex-four 9y ago
    I mean, titles referencing previous articles has been a thing for a very long time - see X Considered Harmful as an example.
    • continuational 9y ago
      Those are also poor titles. Instead of a useful title, it's just another pun.
  • krona 9y ago
    > ...that require knowing previous posts to understand Also known as "culture". It's part of what keeps communities alive, and I don't think it's bad in and of itself.
    • vanderZwan 9y ago
      Exactly - these posts don't exist in a vacuum. More importantly, the posts weren't written for HN specifically, but in the context of discussing the open web and WebASM. Within that community this reference will be pretty obvious.
• bla2 9y ago
  Also written by an (Ex-)Mozillian. Seems like wondering about Firefox's place in the world is currently top-of-mind there :-(
• Vinnl 9y ago
  > There is a hidden point being made which you would probably agree with. I do, that's the second part of my comment :) That said, I actually read the other headline, but just forgot. So much for my memory...